Upper Gate (Abenberg)

Upper gate in Abenberg, city side

Upper gate, field side

The Obere Tor is a gate tower built around 1300 in Abenberg , a town in the Middle Franconian district of Roth ( Bavaria ).

description

The protected monument (file no. D-5-76-111-89) is the western city ​​gate of the former city ​​fortifications of Abenberg , which was built under Bishop Konrad II. (1297-1305). The high three-storey sandstone block building has a pointed arched passage and is crowned by a pointed helmet.

See also

• Old town Abenberg
• List of architectural monuments in Abenberg # Abenberg

literature

• Hans Wolfram Lübbeke: Middle Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume V ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52396-1 .

Web links

Commons : Upper Gate  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 33 "  N , 10 ° 57 ′ 37.6"  E